[nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

Thu Jul 12 19:46:05 UTC 2012

Hello,
Sighted people are exposed to sex all the time, haven't you heard of playboy 
or penthouse? Also, what about those people making out on the bus? Or the 
gay couple walking down the sidewalk in skirts and bikini? All that we miss 
because we're blind.
Books are grate, but you can only learn so much from a manual. Sighted kids 
get pictures, we should get to feel. Also, how is a blind person supposed to 
know they have an STD if they have never felt one? How do they know it's not 
just a cut or dehydration?
Sighted people are given extensive viewings of the peaness and vagina in 
class or in pictures, why can't blind people get the same?
Frankly I believe that the art of giving pleasure has become such a 
suppressed skill that people have even resorted to substance abuse to obtain 
pleasure. Our bodies were meant to give us pleasure, why aren't we taught to 
utilize these pleasure factories? What's the meaning of life? To love and be 
happy! Why aren't we taught to be happy, to give pleasure, to love our 
selves in school?
It's a fundamental wrong that I find is a crime against the words human 
beings, but that's kind of a different issue.
But if this curriculum is any bit good, teachers will adopt it instead of 
the droll thing they have now.

btw what about feeling a condom, diaphragm or dental dam? How is a blind 
person supposed to know what one looks like if they haven't felt one or 
tried it on? Also, how does a blind person shop for contraception's?
Me: "Next on my list is condoms." Walgreens guy: "OK, what brand do you 
want? Durex, Trojan, Crown, Kimono..." Me: "Uh, what's your favorite?" 
Walgreens guy: "Most people get Trojan, what size do you want? We've got 
small, medium, large and extra large. We've also got narrow and wide. Here 
are some flavors as well..."

That's just a wall greens guy who is comfortable, what if it's one of the 
really shy ladies who doesn't speak English? Sighted people can be 
unobtrusive and just buy the condom or diaphragm along with their lube where 
as a blind person has to know what questions to ask and know what brands to 
get. I learned what questions to ask when shopping by watching my parents, 
but I've never seen my parents buy condoms.
It's a serious issue and this program will help address those problems. And 
what about masturbation? I've rarely read a book where masturbation is 
talked about and I've read a lot of books! How does a guy masturbate without 
making a mess?
Sex Ed is not just about a sperm and an egg get together to form a baby, 
that's more science.
Sex Ed is about sex and it's an issue that blind people fall way short in 
when it comes to being educated along with their fellow students.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: Herrin, Amber R.
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 6:40 AM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

Dear Joshua,

I have to agree with you here!  For me, the idea of knowing about sex,
before I'm sharing it with my husband, is kind of...unnecessary, I guess?
Maybe the wrong answer, and I understand that not everyone believes you
should wait until marriage as I do, but I think that being blind doesn't
prevent us from finding out about it the same way sighted people
do-experiment (isn't that what most people do anyway?) or read books written
on the topic (how confusing can text be?)

Amber R. Herrin
Assistive Technology Trainer in Training: 2012
Mobile: (513) 593-5855
E-mail: herrinar at muohio.edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Joshua Lester
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 9:35 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

I personally did fine, in those courses, in school, without the new proposed
curriculum, that they're wanting.
I don't see the need for one, because who really wants to know, what's being
shown, in those slides?
Good grief!
Blessings, Joshua

On 7/11/12, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>
>>I have been asked to circulate the following:
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>>
>>Dear NFB Member,
>>The National Federation of the Blind has been gracious enough to help
>>us with a current project.
>>
>>We are currently seeking your opinion in a survey that will help us
>>write a curriculum for students with low vision and blindness in the
>>area of sex education.  Currently no curriculum exists for students
>>with low vision and blindness that reflect current education
>>standards.  Young people, educators, and professionals have all
>>indicated that there is a desperate need for such a curriculum.
>>We want your voice to impact our work!
>>Please take the time to fill out the survey at the link found below:
>><https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sexeducationsurvey>https://www.surveym
>>onkey.com/s/sexeducationsurvey
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>><https://maverick.hec.ohio-state.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https:/
>>/www.surveymonkey.com/s/sexeducationsurvey>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thank you for your time and consideration of this project!
>>Tiffany Wild, Mollie Blackburn, Stacy Kelly, and Caitlin Ryan
>>
>>
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Mika Baugh
>>National Federation of the Blind
>>200 East Wells Street
>>      at Jernigan Place
>>Baltimore, MD 21230
>>P: (410) 659 9314 ext. 2371
>>E: <mailto:mbaugh at nfb.org>mbaugh at nfb.org
>>W: <http://www.nfb.org>www.nfb.org
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